Robert Surcouf - A Quote...
Discussing with a British officer:
British Officer - "You French fight for money, while we British fight for honour."
Surcouf - "A man fights for what he lacks the most!"
Discussing with a British officer:
British Officer - "You French fight for money, while we British fight for honour."
Surcouf - "A man fights for what he lacks the most!"
“What is military virtue? It is merely a lack of imagination” – Zola … which is why “the British refer to the rest of Europe pityingly as the continent. They go there to observe, to trade & occasionally fight the French”.
Ow! that had to leave a mark!